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'BROADCHURCH' BBC America, March 4, 10 p.m. Eastern Justice can be merciless. Not just on the guilty, but on the innocent. This comes clear in season two of the BBC America crime drama "Broadchurch," which starts March 4. "In the U.K. (season one) was a massive hit," says producer Jane Featherstone, "and became a real talking point every Monday night. It did incredibly well around the world." In the original "Broadchurch," young Danny Latimer was murdered on a beach in the seaside town. The investigation of his death, led by Detective Inspector Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Coleman), uncovered...

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'BROADCHURCH' BBC America, March 4, 10 p.m. Eastern Justice can be merciless. Not just on the guilty, but on the innocent. This comes clear in season two of the BBC America crime drama "Broadchurch," which starts March 4....

You have questions. I have some answers. Q.: I tried "Broadchurch" on Netflix one night and couldn't stop watching the series. I thought it did a great job on how a crime like this could affect the lives of all the people involved. The...

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"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (Shout Factory DVD). One of television's great comedies, collected completely: 20 discs, 147 episodes, immaculately transferred, compactly packaged. I mean to get around to speaking of its virtues at length in...

British actress Olivia Colman knows a thing or two about being glued to a TV.
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The 50th anniversary "Doctor Who" special, featuring the highly anticipated teaming of Doctor 10, David Tennant, and Doctor 11, Matt Smith, is sure to have scads of surprises, breathtaking moments and plenty of stuff to make others who haven't...

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The big "Doctor Who" 50th anniversary celebration will happen worldwide at the same time, but in case it comes at an inconvenient time, a second night has been added.
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Matt Smith — once and forever the 11th Doctor of "Doctor Who," the British sci-fi series about a traveler in space and time — bid goodbye to the captaincy of his regenerating character Wednesday night.
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If you're planning to throw a "Doctor Who" 50th anniversary party and you live on the West Coast, better plan on making it a lunch party. The worldwide time for the broadcast of "Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor" has been set...

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Matt Smith has traveled the distant past, the far future and the outer reaches of the universe as the iconic British science fiction character the Doctor.
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"Dr. Who," "Dr. Who" and more "Dr. Who." By now even those few Americans still disavowing their inner geeks and/or Anglophiles must know the British sci-fi classic "Dr. Who" is about to celebrate its 50th...

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Before we begin, I should say that there will be a lot of spoilers ahead and also not a lot of technical explanation.
The 50th anniversary of “Doctor Who,” the world's longest-running...

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Mark Sheppard does appear in the two-part premiere of “Doctor Who,” called “The Impossible Astronaut,” premiering at 8 p.m. April 23 on BBC America.
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